From rkarlsson@cern.ch Thu Jun 08 14:29:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@cern.ch (Raj Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 14:29:09 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Raj Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From ftakahashi@panix.com Fri Jun 09 19:55:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!ftakahashi From: ftakahashi@panix.com (Freya Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun09.195509.3461@panix.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 19:55:09 GMT References: <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch>, rkarlsson@cern.ch (Raj Karlsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Freya Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rfournier@stanford.edu Sun Jun 11 10:53:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!rfournier From: rfournier@stanford.edu (Raj Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun11.105309.5179@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 10:53:09 GMT References: <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch>, rkarlsson@cern.ch (Raj Karlsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Raj Fournier SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From afischer@hanse.de Tue Jun 13 09:26:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!afischer From: afischer@hanse.de (Andrei Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun13.092609.1893@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 09:26:09 GMT References: <1995Jun08.142909.7960@cern.ch> <1995Jun11.105309.5179@stanford.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun11.105309.5179@stanford.edu>, rfournier@stanford.edu (Raj Fournier) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Andrei Fischer | afischer@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: EC9B 43D9 7F1E FC65 "Keep the channels open."